ship vs. ship How bout a new one?

Hey,why not!! My favorite" what if " scenario is US Navy
vs. Grand Fleet circa 1916-1918...British certainly held
a numeric advantage,but US BB design as far as armor
& hitting power was outstanding,I believe...Figure in the
distance between their respective bases to complicate
things & it gets interesting....California vs Queen Elizabeth
Texas vs.Iron Duke...& what about those fabulous
British Battlecruisers????
Roowalker

Want a really tough one?Figure out how an armed merchant ship,say, oh, Kormoran and sink a light cruiser with an experienced crew,say,oh HMAS SYDNEY without help.Conspiracy theory? Maybe!

little thing called surprise & luck. the q-ships did the same thing against the u-boats in the 1st world war

Acutally I was thinking WW2 KGV and Alabama, but what the heck! I love starting stuff! lol Q ship, you know my Old man and I built a 79 Merc Gran Marquis with a blown 500+ hp 351w ....I always wondered why in the heck he called it a Q ship. He was a trip, ya'll would have loved him.

WW2 KGV and Alabama,
Hope the ALABAMA has better luck than she did against the KEARSARGE !!.

PT 73 vs. SS Minnow

My money is on Alabama, especially if it has the late-war targeting radar suite. They're matched pretty close in broadside weight with the main batteries, but the US guns have greater range and the ship is faster, so it can bleed the Brit earlier and stand back off the horizon. KGV has better armor, but those English ships had soft upper decks and plunging fire has long been their demise. That's three strikes for His Majesty and the Yank wins!

according to this info the king george v class had 1" thicker total deck armor than the south dakota class
south dakota class
16" - Side amidships
18" - Turrets
6" - Upper Deck
4" - Main Deck
Triple hull below w.l. and internal bulges.

king george v class
As Built Armour Has Armour Type Maximum Thickness Inch
.1 Belt 16
.2 Deck 6
.3 Lower Deck 5
.4 Turret 13
.5 Barbette 13